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    ...about the day-to-day adventures of MAJ Erik Rupard, working as a physician in a Troop Medical Clinic in Iraq, during 2008. It is presented as a diary, in chronological order, but feel free to start anywhere.

    I'd like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the fine soldiers of the 581st ASMC who kept me alive, happy, and well-fed throughout my time in Al Asad.

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After Midnight

Posted by Erik Rupard on July 11th, 2008

I am writing at 0014 hours Iraq time, from the not-quite-comfort of my can (getting there, though), where our electricity has just come back on after a very long day of spoiled food, 100-degrees-in-the-absolute-darkness heat, and scarce generator parts which affected only our small section of the base. Air conditioning is, even in the high-desert, still a luxury, but tonight it verged on necessity as the members of our camp found our hermetically sealed can-tainers simply not habitable after a day in the sweltering sun. More tomorrow on the impromptu outdoors get-together that this situation fostered as it persisted through the evening and finally into the next day, but suffice it to say that, as I lie here on my sweaty bunk, I am grateful for the white noise of the working fan next to me, and for the modest ambient light of my laptop as it sends this message out to you.

Goodnight.

One Response to “After Midnight”

  1. Christian T. Says:

    …interesting. We just got back from our vacation to Maine. It was pretty awesome. We stayed in a cabin on Moosehead lake, which is the largest lake in the state of Maine. the cabin was situated in Greenville (population 1,623). Within the first 2 hours of us being there we ran into (gasp!)the missionaries! who were glad to be had over for dinner. Everything there had “moose” in its name. We saw like 6 or 7 “meese”. it was awesome! i got lots of pics for nayone interested!
    peace!